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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Sensory Play~ Fake Snow

With all of the winter weather around the US right now, this is a less cold option for kids to play with, and they can stay indoors!  Ironically, I am in north central ND, and we do not have any snow right now...

I made this with some of my students last week, and they really liked the scent of this (although the scent doesn't last long).  It is also really not "messy," in that is doesn't stick to your hands, so my kids who don't like to get their hands messy were okay with it.

You will need:

  • baking soda
  • water
  • a packet of kool aid (the small packet, the one with no sugar added in it yet)



Add a minimal amount of water to the baking soda, just enough to make it stick together.  It should not feel sticky or wet.


Add the kool-aid packet to the mixture as well.  I used green and then I mixed up some blue.



The mixture actually feels cool to the touch, not sure why, but that adds to the "snow" theme.


This was one of the snowmen that we made~ the mixture is not real sticky, so it is not easy to build with, but you can have your students play in it, drive cars through it, pretend it's ice cream and scoop it or fill bowls with it, etc.

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